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English noun: innovation | |||
| 1. | innovation (artifact) a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation | ||
| Synonyms | invention | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | creation | ||
| 2. | innovation (cognition) the creation of something in the mind | ||
| Synonyms | conception, design, excogitation, invention | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | creative thinking, creativeness, creativity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | concoction, contrivance | ||
| 3. | innovation (act) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | ||
| Samples | She looked forward to her initiation as an adult. The foundation of a new scientific society. | ||
| Synonyms | creation, foundation, founding, initiation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beginning, commencement, start | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | authorship, paternity | ||
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